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Tignes along with Val D'Isere shares the giant ski area of Espace Killy. A snow sure, high altitude resort, with year round skiing on the Grand Motte Glacier, means that you won't be dissapointed by the huge range of slopes available. For great varied terrain and high snow sure skiing, tignes is a fantastic choice.
"Espace Killy", where world champions exercise and everything revolves around one thing 365 days of the year: skiing! The alpine disciplines in the 1968 and 1992 Winter Olympics took place in the gigantic ski area with more than 300 kilometres of piste and 89 lifts. And in 2009 the region was host to the ski world championship! This ski area sprawls over three mountains and two valleys, which is usually more than enough for most ski enthusiasts. The high altitude (1,550 – 3,456 m) and one of the most attractive glaciers in the Alps guarantee high levels of snow.
Tignes (2,100 m), as we know it today, was built on a nearby treeless high valley at the end of the fifties, after the demise of the "old Tignes” in Lac du Chevril. With the use of wood and natural stone, the Tignes of today has some traditional Savoyan buildings. Furthermore, the mountain landscape with the huge Vanoise massif and its peaks, e.g. the Grande Motte (3,656 m) and Mont Pourri (3,779 m) is highly impressive. At the very end of the high valley lies Val Claret with various restaurants and leisure activities. Le Lac, usually known as the centre of Tignes offers many ice sport activities on the lake. It is buzzing here with younger people, especially because the après ski and top events like the "Tignes Airwaves"